"His Majesty has finished his western tour and will return to Shangjing City in a few days."
"Zombie poison was found in Shangjing City's Xiyi Town yesterday. A family of four was infected. The Judgment Army has dealt with it in time."
"The Shangjing City Police Station reminds you that if you find any suspicious person, report it in time and you can receive a reward of up to 10,000 gold coins."
The black rental carriage was running merrily on the street. The pedestrians on the street were in a hurry. The carriage was wearing raincoats and hiding under the carriage shed. They wiped the rain on their faces and continued to drive the carriage. Outside the window, the rain was falling non-stop. The raindrops hit the window. The entire Shangjing City was shrouded in a misty rain and the sky was lead-gray.
Xia Pingan sat in the carriage. He was not wearing the Wishful Mask on his face. Instead, he had returned to his original appearance.
He was wearing a black robe. He looked at the newspaper he had received in the morning. His fingers tapped on the window gently. His mind was working quickly.
Today was the second day, the first of June. The heavy rain today seemed to indicate the arrival of the rainy season in Shangjing City.
After meeting with Lan Wuwei yesterday, Xia Pingan directly threw the key to the Duke of Zhou Building to Caocao. Early in the morning, Xia Pingan was ready to go to the Donggang Inspection Department to take up his post. The matter of the Duke of Zhou Building was completely handed over to Caocao.
These days, there were four or five cases of zombie poison reported in the newspaper. However, other than the Garrison Army incident, there were not many people who were poisoned in the other cases. At least one or two people were poisoned, and at most seven or eight people were poisoned. Moreover, these zombie poisons did not cause much of an impact and were already suppressed by the Judgment Army.
Even so, the entire Shangjing City was still in a state of panic.
The people who were poisoned had turned into ashes. However, the members of the Blood Demon Church who poisoned them were not found. There were also no useful clues. It was no wonder that the people in Shangjing City were somewhat frightened.
To be honest, Xia Pingan had some sympathy for the Judgment Army and Beitang Wangchuan. This was because it was too easy to hide a few people in such a bustling city like Shangjing City. The current situation was that the enemy was in the dark while they were in the open. It was really not an easy task for the Judgment Army to catch them.
Ordinary people needed to face each other to use poison. However, for a Summoner who had mastered more powerful spells, as long as they had Corpse Poison in their hands, it was too easy for them to harm others. They could do it without anyone noticing.
The people who had been infected by the ptomaine in the newspaper had nothing in common with each other. Some of them were infected when they returned home from work, some were infected when they returned from the market, some were infected when they didn't go anywhere at home, and some were infected after eating a meal in a roadside restaurant. How were they supposed to investigate this?
To the Great Zhou Country and the Judgement Army, finding the hidden Blood Demon Church members was even harder than killing the Blood Demon Church members that had already appeared.
Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Beitang Wangchuan promoted him. After all, he had a "brilliant battle record" before. Xia Pingan even suspected that Beitang Wangchuan might have guessed that he had successfully integrated with the "Illusory Child" realm pearl. However, what he didn't expect was that he didn't summon the Illusory Child but the Child of Fortune.
The emperor of the Shang Dynasty was Beitang Zhaotian. He had been touring the west and had not been in Shangjing City. Everything in Shangjing City was presided over by Beitang Wangchuan. Xia Pingan wasn't sure if Beitang Zhaotian had returned to Shangjing City this time because of the dangerous situation facing Shangjing City. However, the newspapers in Shangjing City had placed the news of Beitang Zhaotian's return in the most eye-catching place. This undoubtedly had the effect of calming people's hearts and warning them.
When Xia Pingan finished reading the newspaper in the rental carriage, the carriage had already arrived at the Donggang District of Shangjing City.
Yes, the Donggang District was a district on the east side of Shangjing City near the sea. The docks were all here. Xia Pingan was not unfamiliar with the Donggang District. He could even be said to be familiar with it.
The Donggang District was very rich, but there were also many poor people. Every day, there would be a large number of people and goods coming and going.
The entire Donggang District was shrouded in rain and fog.
The carriage directly arrived at the Donggang District's Sea God Avenue and stopped outside the gate of a three-story building made of granite.
"Sir, we've arrived …" The coachman got off the carriage, opened an umbrella, and opened the door of the carriage.
"You've worked hard …" Xia Pingan also opened his own black umbrella. When he got off the carriage, he gave the driver an extra silver coin. Finally, after the driver thanked him, Xia Pingan directly walked towards the building on the side of the road. The driver glanced at the pure copper signboard outside the building and quickly drove the carriage away.
Outside the iron gate of the building, there was only one line of words on the signboard: Donggang District Inspection Office of the Ruling Army.
The raindrops falling from the sky washed the signboard exceptionally bright. The cyan granite of the building became darker after being drenched by the rain.
The gate was wide open. Inside the gate was a courtyard with a spacious lawn and a fountain. Behind the fountain was a staircase that led to the top floor of the building. Xia Pingan didn't see anyone standing guard, but in the gatehouse next to the gate, there was a gray-haired old man and a dog. They were sleeping in the gatehouse.
The Inspection Office of the Ruling Army was an important place. Its status was even higher than that of the Donggang Police Station. Therefore, it could not be as lax as it seemed.
Xia Pingan glanced at the old man in the gatehouse and found that the dog beside the old man was a real dog instead of a summoned one. The dog was sleeping soundly on the ground. The old man's aura was a bit weird. He seemed to be a One Sun Realm cultivator, yet he was not. In front of the old man, there was a lamp on the table in the gatehouse. When Xia Pingan entered the gate, the lamp's flame flickered.
The drowsy old man raised his head. Only then did Xia Pingan discover that the old man was blind in one of his eyes. The remaining eye was also a little more than a hundred black, which looked a little strange.
When the old man raised his head and looked at Xia Pingan, Xia Pingan felt that the trajectory of the raindrops started to change as if they had turned into a net. Under the light of the raindrops, Xia Pingan could faintly see runes fluctuating under the granite ground under his feet.
"Interesting!"
The runic spell on the ground was a spell to create a prison. It was about to be activated, and the raindrops above his head changed their trajectory. He should be using water to cast a net spell. The summoning spells of a summoner were not unchanging. Some summoning spells would change as the summoner's ability and divine power improved, their understanding deepened, their proficiency in using spells increased, or their interaction with other spells.
For example, summoning a net. Ordinary summoners would use divine power to summon a net, but some summoners could bestow water or fire elemental abilities to the net when summoning it. A water elemental net would be more difficult to deal with than an ordinary net in today's heavy rain. It would also be more difficult to break free from. It would also have a stronger restraining effect on some creatures.
The old man in the gatehouse should be able to use water to cast the Net Summoning Technique. Xia Pingan actually had this ability as well.
Xia Pingan didn't say anything. He just took out his envoy inspector token and showed it to the old man.
In an instant, the raindrops in the sky seemed to return to normal, and the ground didn't change at all. The sleepy old man suddenly became energetic. He stopped sleeping and kicked the sleeping dog. A man and a dog ran out of the gatehouse. The dog ran fast, but the old man was limping. He didn't care about the raindrops falling on him.
The dog wagged its tail while the old man gave Xia Pingan a humble and fawning smile, revealing a mouthful of smoky yellow teeth. "Lord Inspector, I didn't expect you to take office today. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll call them down to welcome you …"
"No need. I'll go by myself. By the way, what's your name? You're quite alert." Xia Pingan looked at the old man and found that except for one blind eye, the old man's two legs were prosthetic. No wonder he walked awkwardly.
"Lord, you can call me Luolaoyao. I'm the gatekeeper of the Supervision Department of Donggang. I'm here to make a living!"
"Fine, I'll go upstairs myself. Is it the second floor?"
"Hmm, it's on the second floor. You can enter it by pushing the door …"
Xia Pingan then walked towards the stairs behind the fountain. When he reached the top of the stairs, Xia Pingan turned around and saw Luolaoyao and his dog humbly seeing him off in the rain. He waved his hand. Luolaoyao then went back to his gatehouse with his dog and started to take a nap.
After coming to the front of the thick copper-covered wooden door at the entrance of the second floor, Xia Pingan put his umbrella into his space-teleportation equipment and casually pushed the door open.
Behind the door was a long aisle. The wooden floor was covered with a thick red carpet. Various paintings and artworks were hung on both sides of the wall. This place looked very stylish like a museum.
In front of the aisle was an antechamber. Behind the marble front desk, a beautiful woman in her twenties was sitting there. At the sight of this woman, Xia Pingan felt that the world was too small. Because this woman was Wei Meiyu, the beautiful mathematician from the Grand Shang Library in Shangjing City.
Wei Meiyu was wearing a light green top with a white and black lace shirt underneath. She was wearing a pair of gray trousers and high heels. She looked natural and graceful and pleasing to the eye.
It was out of Xia Pingan's expectation that Wei Meiyu would be here.
Xia Pingan's footsteps were not heavy. Therefore, when he arrived at the front desk, Wei Meiyu, who had been writing something with her head lowered, noticed that someone had arrived.
"Sir, excuse me … Ah, it's you … Why are you here …" Seeing Xia Pingan coming here, Wei Meiyu immediately stood up from behind the desk. When she was about to ask Xia Pingan what happened, she immediately recognized Xia Pingan.
How could Wei Meiyu forget Xia Pingan? At the sight of Xia Pingan, Wei Meiyu was both surprised and delighted. Her mind was filled with thoughts while her cheeks instantly blushed.
Before Xia Pingan opened his mouth, another woman's voice sounded from not far away. She said coldly, "Brat, how dare you bully people in the Donggang Supervision Department. I'm going to settle accounts with you."
As soon as the voice fell, Xia Pingan felt a fireball flying towards his head.
The temperature of the fireball wasn't high, and it wasn't big either. If it landed on his head, it wouldn't kill him. However, his hair would probably be completely burnt off, and his head would be burnt to a pulp, turning into a pig's head …
What the hell is this?
Xia Pingan did not expect that someone would dare to throw a fireball at his head here.
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